Yuriko Koike
| Yuriko Koike | |
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| 小池 百合子 | |
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| Governor of Tokyo | |
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Assumed office 2 August 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Yōichi Masuzoe |
| Minister of Defense | |
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In office 4 July 2007 – 27 August 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Fumio Kyūma |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | |
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In office 27 September 2004 – 26 September 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
| Succeeded by | Sanae Takaichi |
| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Shunichi Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Masatoshi Wakabayashi |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo's 10th district |
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In office 11 September 2005 – 30 August 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Kōki Kobayashi |
| Succeeded by | Takako Ebata |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 July 1952 Ashiya, Japan |
| Political party |
Japan New Party (Before 1994) New Frontier Party (1994–1997) Liberal Party (1997–2000) New Conservative Party (2000–2003) Liberal Democratic Party (2003–present) |
| Alma mater |
Kwansei Gakuin University American University in Cairo Cairo University |
| Website | Official website |
Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子 Koike Yuriko?, born 15 July 1952) is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the governor of Tokyo. She was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 to 2016 (when she resigned to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election), and was previously the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, but resigned in August 2007 after only 54 days in office. On 31 July 2016, Koike was elected Governor of Tokyo, the city's first female governor.
Born and raised in Ashiya, Hyōgo, a wealthy Kobe suburb, Koike went to Kōnan Girls' Junior and Senior High School for her secondary education. Her father, Yūjirō Koike, was a foreign trade merchant who handled oil products. He was also involved in politics, supporting Shintarō Ishihara and the Tatenokai in the 1960s, and ran unsuccessfully for national election in 1969. He occasionally told Yuriko that it was essential for Japan to strengthen relations with Arab countries to ensure a stable petroleum supply lest the resource-poor Japan be thrust into war for oil again. His words convinced her to study in Egypt to master Arabic.
She dropped out of Kwansei Gakuin University's School of Sociology in September 1971. The next year, she studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo and received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Cairo University in October 1976. When she was 21, she married a fellow Japanese student but divorced soon after. She began to work as an interpreter and translator of Arabic and later served as Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association.
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